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Meaning of 燕

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Pinyin: yàn
English Definition: swallow (family Hirundinidae); old variant of
Chinese Definition:
①鸟类的一科,候鸟,常在人家屋内或屋檐下用泥做巢居住,捕食昆虫,对农作物有益:燕尔(形容新婚夫妇亲睦和美的样子)。燕好(常用以指男女相爱)。燕侣。燕雀处堂(喻居安而不知远虑,临祸却不能自知)。
②轻慢:“燕朋逆其师”。
③古同“宴”,安闲,安乐。
④古同“宴”,宴饮。
Total strokes: 16; Radical:
Ideographic: A swallow, with its head 廿, wings , and tail
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • Above to below
      • 廿 [ niàn ] twenty, twentieth
      • Overlaid
        • [ kǒu ] mouth; entrance, gate, opening
        • [ běi ] north; northern; northward
    • [ huǒ ] fire
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Example Words
燕子 yàn zi swallow
燕麦 yàn mài oats
燕窝 yàn edible bird's nest
银燕 yín yàn silver swallow; airplane (affectionate)
莺歌燕舞 yīng yàn the warbler sings and the swallow dances; prosperity abounds (idiom)
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Example Sentences
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One swallow ;does not a summer make.
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A: How long have you lived in Beijing, Yan?
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221
During the Warring States Period (5th century BC-221 BC), the states of Qi, Yan and Zhao all constructed extensive fortifications to defend their own borders.
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Mathematical analysis of flock dynamics show how each starling' s movement is influenced by every other starling, and vice versa.